‘I’ve never slept with another woman since I married my wife – Aregbesola
Aregbesola made the disclosure while addressing supporters at an ADC rally in Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
11 soldiers feared dead, 19 injured as bandits attack Birnin Gwari in Kaduna
. Burn 3 APC, injure 19 soldiers at a military base By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo There were reports from Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State that 11 soldiers died during a fierce encounter with a large number of suspected bandits who invaded a military base at the Pole wire village on Monday. According to a source, the […]
Sultan, Catholic Bishops lambast FG on insecurity
Leader of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, and Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, said yesterday that any government that cannot provide security for its citizens had no moral justification to exist.
Sit-at-Home: Why residents deserted streets of Onitsha, Nnewi despite Soludo’s directive
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, NNEWI The Monday weekly sit-at-home, which had been cancelled by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and reinforced by Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s directive, but still being enforced by unknown elements, manifested in its highest form on Monday, April 4, as residents deserted the roads and streets of Onitsha, the commercial hub of […]
9,000 doctors moved to UK, US, Canada in 2 years ― NMA
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Over 9,000 medical doctors of Nigerian origin left the shores of the country in search of greener pastures in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada in two years, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has said. The emigration of the medical experts which the NMA said happened between 2016 […]
Stop playing the ostrich on insecurity, Catholic Bishops hit FG
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), on Monday, urged the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of arresting and prosecuting those terrorising innocent Nigerians, rather than playing the ostrich on matters of insecurity. This was the Bishops’ reaction to the report of how terrorists bombed the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks […]
Govt that can’t protect citizens has lost moral justification, Sultan’s JNI fumes
…Says Incessant Killings, kidnapping reset human psyche By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the apex Muslim organization in Nigeria led by the Sultan of Sokoto, has said that in Islam and by all global standards, the essence of government and governance is solely to protect the five principal cardinal rights of the human race, the […]
FG to Telcos: Bar outgoing calls from unlinked SIMs
FG to Telcos: Bar outgoing calls from unlinked SIMs
Mercenaries: ACF, ex-IGP, ex-DSS Director disagree with e-Rufai, N-West govs
By Kingsley Omonobi, Omeiza Ajayi & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF; former IGP, and ex-DSS Director, Mike Ejiofor, have disagreed with Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, and other North West governors over plans to engage mercenaries to fight bandits/terrorists. In fact, ACF said the security of the country rested squarely on the central […]
Train attacks: Insecurity has overwhelmed Buhari’s govt —Obasanjo
By Rotimi Ojomoyela & James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA—FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, described the security challenges facing the country as ‘a serious situation’, calling for concerted efforts by stakeholders to stem the tide. Similarly, the Labour Party, LP, yesterday, warned that if the escalating wave of terrorism in parts of the country remained unchecked, it has […]
Train attack forces rich Nigerians to embrace chartered aircraft
By Henry Umoru ABUJA—FOLLOWING the Kaduna -Abuja train attack on Monday night which left eight passengers dead and at least 41 others injured, many wealthy Nigerians now patronise Dornier for charter aircraft at old Kaduna Airport along Mando Road, Kawo. Dornier aircraft in Nigeria, which is operated on a charter basis, was established in 1979 […]
